Triage in emergency response refers to determining the priority of victims based on their need for treatment and medical intervention. Today, triage is performed by the use of paper-based triage tags. Communication about patients' status is mainly carried out over radio or through handwritten notes. This practice makes it challenging for emergency personnel to keep an overview of the number, lo...

This paper describes the process and methodology of designing and developing a mobile support system to triage abdominal pain in the emergency room of a hospital. Application of rough sets theory and fuzzy measures to data collected at Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario allows us to identify the most relevant clinical symptoms and signs while evaluating an abdominal pain patient. This infor...

We are designing and developing a mobile clinical decision support system, known as MET (Mobile Emergency Triage), for supporting emergency triage of different types of acute pain presentations. MET needs to interact with an existing hospital information system, run on handheld computing devices and be suitable for operation in weak connectivity conditions (with unstable connections between mob...

evidence acquisition this systematic review proposes a new triage system for patients exposed to nerve agents. information regarding clinical signs and symptoms of intoxication with nerve agents, primary treatments, and classification of patients were extracted from the literature. all related articles were reviewed. subsequently, specialists from different disciplines were invited to discuss a...

background and objectives: the iranian ministry of health and medical education (mohme) has obligated health settings to follow the reference guidelines developed by the ministry in implementing of emergency department triage system. the present study aimed at auditing the compliance of emergency department triage system in shahid madani hospital, in terms of compliance with mohme guideline, an...

introduction: triage is one of the most important systems in patients prioritizing at the time of arrival to hospital. based on the severity of the injury and the need for treatment, this system manages patients in the least time which could lead to rotation of patients with high reliability and safety. currently, the most accepted method for triage is emergency severity index (esi) system, con...

Pre-hospital applications, such as triage, natural disasters, and nursing homes, will benefit from ubiquitous, embedded systems that wirelessly communicate patient’s vital signs. In order for an accurate, automated electronic system to be constructed, the system must be carefully designed in regards to usability and functionality. The sensor network in the Advanced Health and Disaster Network (...

Background and objectives: The Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME) has obligated health settings to follow the reference guidelines developed by the Ministry in implementing of emergency department triage system. The present study aimed at auditing the compliance of emergency department triage system in Shahid Madani hospital, in terms of compliance with MOHME guideline, an...

INTRODUCTION The use of wireless, electronic, medical records and communications in the prehospital and disaster field is increasing. OBJECTIVE This study examines the role of wireless, electronic, medical records and communications technologies on the quality of patient documentation by emergency field responders during a mass-casualty exercise. METHODS A controlled, side-to-side compariso...